Objects are what matter. Only they carry the evidence that throughout the centuries something really happened among human beings.

In the old days, people used to risk their lives in India or in the Americas in order to bring back products which now seem to us to have been of comically little worth.

Gifts make slaves.

We can understand, too, that natural species are chosen not because they are 'good to eat' but because they are 'good to think.'

Objects are what matter. Only they carry the evidence that throughout the centuries something really happened among human beings.

An expert knows all the answers - if you ask the right questions.

If the composer withholds more than we anticipate, we experience a delicious falling sensation; we feel we have been torn from a stable point on the musical ladder and thrust into the void.

If the composer withholds more than we anticipate we experience a delicious falling sensation we feel we have been torn from a stable point on the musical ladder and thrust into the void.

I like people who are still actively creating in their life, who aren't set, I don't feel like I'm set. And I don't have any baggage, for better or worse. I don't have any plants or pets or kids. I can lock the door and go. I need to be with somebody for whom that's okay.

I think the Space Shuttle is worth one billion dollars a launch. I think that it is worth two billion dollars for what it does. I think the Shuttle is worth it for the work it does.

I got a very strong sense from my mother, in particular, that we are all equal in the sight of God.

The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the former fears lest he be despised, the latter lest he be plundered.

When I was younger, I really struggled with confidence.

Make sure furniture decor has similar scale. Its all about scale proportion measuring being conscious of the overall plan.

May your dreams be larger than mountains and may you have the courage to scale their summits.

Ah, to think how thin the veil that lies Between the pain of hell and Paradise.

In the end, we all just want someone that chooses us, over everyone else, under any circumstances.

People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or have a right to be, that they're all asleep at the switch. Consequently we are living in the Age of Human Error.

I've always had a problem showing fear on a film.

Long term I do believe internationally there is a huge misunderstanding of Russia.

Time and time again, history has proved that the conservatives are right and the liberals are wrong.

We are half ruined by conformity; but we should be wholly ruined without it.

Hip hop is the people. What the people are moving toward is what hip hop is. I think people are moving toward a freer way of thinking. Openness.

Awards are great, as you get to meet up with friends and colleagues from your industry - a sort of reunion.

I choose movies, I never choose roles. I look at the script. I look at the director. I look at the other actors - and then the role.

Expressing gratitude to others can increase our self esteem.When gratitude becomes way of life success satisfaction and happiness makes feeling of fullness.

First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body, modesty of bearing, a modulated tone of voice, and a well-ordered manner of speech. He should be without anxiety as to his food and drink, and should eat in silence.

It is amazing that you now have a bus company in Ballymena producing world class buses for Hong Kong, Singapore, London and Las Vegas.

If I got paid, it was no more than five dollars a column, and I still think I was overpaid.

When I was at graduate school in London, I began working at NBC News, which had a thriving documentary unit.

Language makes infinite use of finite media.

My dad wanted me to play when I was a kid, so I learned to play the guitar. I pursued a career in music because I love it so much and I enjoy what it does to those who hear it.